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NETWO Announces Dates for 2012 Conference

The Northeast Texas Writers' Organization (NETWO) will hold its 2012 conference on April 27 and 28, 2012.

It promises to be another top-notch conference!

Faculty - We have commitments from two agents from top notch New York agencies, an editor and a publisher from a small, independent traditional publisher, plus four diverse and talented authors, including New York Time, USA Today, and Los Angeles Times bestselling authors.

Check out their Bios by clicking on the "Speaker Bios" link at the left.

Conference Consultant James R. Callan said the high quality of our faculty over the past several years has been made possible in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.

Workshops - In 2012, NETWO will also present TWO dynamic workshops on Friday afternoon, April 27. These are an absolute must for writers who want to improve their books. These will be intensive, interactive, hands on workshops. They will be given by Jodi thomas and Jaye Wells.

The first, entitled Nurturing Your God Complex - A Crash Course in World Building will be given by Jaye Wells. The second will be presented by Jodi Thomas, a multi-award winning author and teacher. She has titled her workshop, "When Art and Craft Collide."

Click here to see details on these workshops..

Accommodations - We have posted information on lodging - motels and hotels. As the conference is moving to the Mount Pleasant Civic Center, we will not have the "dorm accommodations" available this year.For more information on accommodations, click here.

Conference Dinner - The Writers Roundup will close with a dinner. We have a new caterer who promises to serve up excellent meals. This is optional, but the cost is only $15. The winners of the NETWO Short Story Contest will be announced at the dinner, as well as some NETWO and conference awards.

But most of all, it will be a final opportunity to network. Hopefully, you will have met many writers, plus the agents, publisher and editor. With all the presentations during the day, you might not have gotten a phone number or e-mail address you wanted. Besides a good meal, you'll have time to collect those contacts, and maybe make one last "good impression" on an editor, or agent, or publisher. (They will be staying for the dinner.)

Venue - This year, the NETWO Writer's Roundup conference is moving to the Mount Pleasant Civic Center, in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Located on U.S. Business 271 just one block south of Interstate 30, it is easily accessible from north, south, east and west. It offers excellent facilities: climate control, large rooms, excellent sound systems, ability to handle Power Point presentations, ample room for the on-site lunch which is part of the conference, improved restroom facilities, and private rooms for the one-on-one interviews with agents, editor and publisher. There is ample parking available. Several motels are within two blocks.

The organizing committee believes this site provides the best facilities which will accommodate our growth,

If you don't know where the Mount Pleasant Civic Center is, check out the maps and driving directions.